A randomized trial of a nonabsorbable antibiotic lozenge given to alleviate radiation-induced mucositis

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2193-2199

  Okuno, Scott H ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a   Gulavita, Sunil ^b,c   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Earle, Julie ^a   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Burk, Mary ^a   Frank, Albert R ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b THUNDER BAY REGIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Duluth Community Clinical Oncology Program   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COLISTIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; RADIATION INJURIES; STOMATITIS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 0030962310     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970601)79:11<2193::AID-CNCR18>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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